San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-16
THE CAMPBELL MURDER.
Was viii Murdered to Prevent His
Convicting the Man Who
Robbed Him?

Robbed Him2
Some more interesting developments
are made respecting the murder Of VIM.
Campbell, the well known San Antonio
horse trader who was found murdered at
Mcpherson, Kansas, and which seem to
give some clue as TO the cause of the
murder.
1t seems that in March, 1886, Campbell
was drinking heavily in the Caledonian
saloon, on Clark street, Chicago. While
there in q semi-drunken condition he
was met by some swindlers, who took
him to Joe Connelly's Infamous dive, at
the corner OF Clark and Harrison streets.
There he was drugged, robbed OF
$1,000 In money and good nego-
table papers. The robbers then took
him, In an unconscious condition and
dumped him on State steet where he
was left to sleep off the fumes OF the
drink and the drug. When Connolly
became conscious he found that he was
penniless, and he went In search Of
some one who would buy some things
he had there, In order that he might
raise money to get home. On the way
he met cabman who told he could To-
cate the robbers and he did. Soon after
Joe Connolly, John Farrell and negro
named George Monday were arrested,
and there was pretty close case
against all of them. Monday q
negro who had no money and
friends, got. five years imprisonment,
Farrell got a stay OF execution
and Connolly very wisely jumped
bond, leaving Alderman Appleton to
pay $1,000 as a reward for his conf
denoe. Campbell then declared that he
would be revenged upon the robbers
prison, but the laws delays prevented
him from seeing his vengeance. Farrell
is now in jail, and Connolly has been
heard of In st. Paul but has not since
been arrested. He is what is called q
political "pull" and this probably sc-
counts for the inactivity In finding him.
In the spring Campbell left San An
tonic with large number of ponies In
tended for the Kansas and Chicago
markets. At Arkansas City he met
herder named Van Doren, engaged him
and all proceeded on the journey.
On July 26 the party were camped
two miles from MCPHERSON, and all was
well. The next day CampbelPs body
was found on the top OF half burned
hay-stack. When recovered, 1t was
much burned, out not 30 mucn rs 10
hide the fact that Campbell had been
riddled with bullets, and that the body
had been placed on the hay-stack and
the stack fired In order to obliterate all
evidences of the internal crime. The
head, too. had been brutslly severed
from the body and one hand and foot
burned to ashes. Van Doren was,
of course, suspected Of the crime,
and was arrested before he
had gOno seven miles. He was
then In charge of CampbelPs stock. On
searching Van Doren, $4,000 in money.
Campbell's letters, papers and other
property was found upon him. He
pleaded that Campbell had left his
money, letters and papers with him and
had gone on to Chicago, but this is evil
IDENTIFY lie, and he is held for murder.
The Chicago police and those in Kan
sas are working at the case. They are
of an opinion that Campbell was muir
dered mainly to prevent him cOnvicting
Connolly, but IL that be the case, the
party must commit another murder for
the principal witness. the hackman,
still lives in Chicago and is prepared to
give damning testimony against all of
the accused.